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Issue: Haunt of Fear #9
Publication Date: September 1951
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Issues: #9 of 28 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: EC An Entertaining ComicView Brand Images2
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On Sale Date: 08/03/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Feldstein
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Feldstein [as Feldstein] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #9 published October 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #5/1993 published January 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #9 published November 1994
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Warts So Horrible?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Graham Ingels [as G. Ingels] (signed)
Inker(s): Graham Ingels [as G. Ingels] (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s): The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis: Two nephews attempt to grave rob their miser uncle at midnight for a diamond ring that he had buried with him. The corpse seizes them and re-buries all, with two young boys in the cemetery as witnesses who had been attempting a witchcraft spell for wart removal.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1994 published January 1994
as Vriene vorter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #9 published November 1994
as Warts So Horrible? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Graham Ingels [as G. Ingels] (signed)
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Forbidden Fruit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Orlando (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Vault of Horror!
Character(s): The Vault-Keeper (host)
Synopsis: Two passengers from a downed plane wash up on an island where the only food appears to be fruit that grows on a tree enclosed behind a stockade. The previous occupant tells them from behind the wall that eating the fruit will make their skin rot off, but they don't believe he is sane and so come back to the enclosure later that night and partake of the fruit, but then they get a look at him...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8/1991 published January 1991
as Forbuden frukt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #9 published November 1994
as Forbidden Fruit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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Genius

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Old Witch's Niche
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Age-Old Story!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Kamen (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Haunt of Fear
Character(s): The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis: A young woman marries a biologist in his 50s for his money but quickly tires of him. She gets him to fork over all his dough and then tells him she's leaving him for a younger man. He proposes a farewell toast and, unbeknown to her, spikes her drink with an aging hormone that turns her into a withered old crone.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #8/1990 published January 1990
as Den eldgamle historien [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #9 published November 1994
as The Age-Old Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.
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The Gorilla's Paw!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Crypt of Terror
Character(s): The Crypt-Keeper (host); Floyd (death); curio shop keeper (death); Joe (Floyd's friend, death); Eddie (Floyd's friend)
Synopsis: Uneasily eyeing objects in a curio shops' window, Floyd is summoned inside by the owner and induced to buy a mummified gorilla's paw for $25. He tosses it on his nightstand and goes to bed, but in the morning, the paw is covered with $25. The next day, the paw disappears, then reappears with blood all over it and one of his friends dead. Floyd soon learns that the paw will grant his wishes, with devastating results!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #2/1989 published January 1989
as Gorillahånden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunt of Fear #9 published November 1994
as The Gorilla's Paw! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script credit from "Tales of Terror! - The EC Companion" by Fred von Bernewitz and Grant Geissman.

A black humor version of "The Monkey's Paw."

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